[ksh93-integration-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Formal Proposal : Port OpenSolaris to PowerPC

[James Carlson]

Stefan Teleman writes:
> i am specifically referring to:
> 
> Xrender
> XVideo
> XvMC
> XRandR
> Xcomposite
> 
> none of these extensions are available on Xsun SPARC. source code
> which makes use of any of these extensions, which compiles, links and
> runs on Xorg x86/x64 does not compile or link (never mind run) on Xsun
> SPARC, because the header files are missing.

That doesn't actually matter for compatibility, because we're marching
in the other direction: it's Xorg that needs to support all that Xsun
once did (and perhaps more), not the opposite.  We're in the midst of
an Xsun->Xorg transition.

We support running old applications on new systems, not the reverse.

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